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Old 08-07-2011, 10:34 PM
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Question about painters tape

Im going to be putting painters tape over my car i will be driving 1300 miles. I was told if it got wet i would be screwed. Is this true and why?
Old 08-07-2011, 10:43 PM
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nothing 3m adhesive remover cant fix
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Originally Posted by paintballerr78
Im going to be putting painters tape over my car i will be driving 1300 miles. I was told if it got wet i would be screwed. Is this true and why?
Most painter's tape is not waterproof - it'll stand up to light hits of water during regular body work, but if you really wet it and let it dry, it curls, wrinkles, loses adhesive - all sorts of fun stuff, depending on the quality.
Old 08-07-2011, 11:06 PM
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ya its drizzling and i was just going to wipe it down with a towel to get some of the water off of it
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It's not that the water will ruin your car or anything, more than likely the tape will just fall off. Taped your car up to come back to Ohio?
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Ya i tapped it up thinin it wasnt gonna rain..well jokes on me it rained and all the tape is peeling off...good thing i has another rolllll....Its just ND that really bad with bugs and rocks if it falls off any other time idc
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Originally Posted by paintballerr78
Ya i tapped it up thinin it wasnt gonna rain..well jokes on me it rained and all the tape is peeling off...good thing i has another rolllll....Its just ND that really bad with bugs and rocks if it falls off any other time idc
Lol sounds like you have the same kind of luck I do. Wash car, ten min later, freak storm out of nowhere.
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